Tie plate



E. E. -FOX.

TIE PLATE. APPLICATION FILED MAY I6. I92].

Patefited Oct. 10,1922,

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E. E. FOX.

TIE PLATE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1921.

Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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ATTORNEKS Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

ELMER n. FOX, or

IVIASSILLON, OHIO.

TIE

Application filed May 18,

To all w 710m it may concern.

Be it known that I, ELMER E. FOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and use tul Tie Plate, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to railroad tie plates such as are attached to the upper surface of a tie and support the rail, and has for its objects to provide a tie plate arranged tobe spiked or otherwise fixedly mounted upon the top of a wooden tie and provided with means for clamping opposite sides of the. base flange of the rail, the clamping means being so constructed as to prevent spreading and creeping of the rails; other objects being the provision of a tie plate which may be used in conjunction with a tie rod as shown in my Patent No. 1,349,754 of August 17, 1920, to provide a metallic tie especially adaptable for use in mines or industrial work.

The above and other objects may be at tained by forming the tie plate from a single plate of steel or the'lil-ce having tangs stamped upwardly from diagonally opposite corner portions thereof, said tangs being arranged to clamp opposite sides of the base flange of a rail, the edges of the tangs being preferably sharp in order to bite into the base flange of the rail to prevent creeping, oppositely disposed apertures being pro vided in, the plate for the reception of spikes or the like for attaching the plate to a wooden tie, or for the attachment of a tie rod.

The invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie plate embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a plan view of the plate showing the initial position in which the same is placed for attachment to a rail;

Fig. 3, a plan view of a section of rail showing a tie plate connected thereto and mounted upon a tie;

Fig. 4, a section on the line 4-d, Fig. 3, on a larger scale; I

Fig. 5, a perspective view of a slightly modified form of plate especially adaptable for use in mines or industrial roads;

Fig. 6, a cross sectional view showing the connection of a tie rod to the plate to form a metallic tie; and

1921. Serial No. 469,793.

Fig. i, an enlarged cross sectional view through a portion of the pl ate, showing the sharpened edge upon the tang.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

- A. practical embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to l inclusive, the rectangular metallic tie plate is indicated generally at l and is provided at diagonally opposite corner portions with the tangs 2 wh'ch are cut out from the body portion of the plate and formed to extend over opposite sides of the base flange 3 of the rail, the inner edge of each tang being sharpened as 4- in order to bite into the base flange of the rail best shown in Fig. i to clamp the rail firmly upon the tie plate and prevent creeping of the rail. This sharpened edge is best shown in the en larged view of the tang in Fig. 7 and is obtained by the pe uliar manner in which the tangs are stamped from the tie plate, pro- "w. Y i. ouuag a sharpened lower edge upon the forward end of each tang whichv actually bites into the base flange of the rail and positively prevents creeping of the rails.

A pair of diagonally V apertures 5 "ormed upon each side 0; pie tie plate for the reception of spikes o the like attaching the tie plate to a wooden tie. attaching the plate to the rail, it is placed in the position shown in tangs 2 engaging the base flange of the rail upon opposite sides, the tie plate being set diagonally with reference to the rail and then driven, with a hammer or the like, into positive clamping position upon the rail as shown in Fig. 8, the tangs firmly gripping opposite sides of the base flange and owing to the sharpened edges thereof biting into the base flange of the rail, preventing longitudinal movement of the rail with reference to the tie plate.

The tie plate is then mounted upon a wooden tie as shown at 6, as by the spikes 7 driven through the apertures in diagonally opposite corners of the tie plate. The rail is thus firmly clamped upon the tie plate which is positively connected to the tie, the rail being held against creeping by the fangs 2 upon the tie plate, and as these tangs engage the base flange of the rail upon opposite sides, the possibility of the rails spreading is reduced to a minimum, the tie plate also serving as a brace for the rail upon curves.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is illustrated a slightly modified form of the invention especially designed for a smaller tie plate partii'rularly adapted for use in mines or industrial roads. ln this form of the invention the plate 1' is preferably smaller in dimensions and may be made of lighter material, the tangs 9/ be ing located closer together as they are adapted to receive alighter rail and the apei tures 5 are preferably located in the longi tudinal center of the plate.

This for n of tie plate may be spiked to the wooden tie in the same manner as the larger tie plate or two of these tie plates may be connected together by a tie rod 8 as shown in Fig. 6 in the manner shown and described in my Patent No. 1,349,75 above referred to by the use of a bolt 9 and the wedge plate and locking plate 10 and 11 respectively, thus forming a metallic tie which may be placed upon the road bed, without the use of a wooden tie, and which will prevent creeping or spreading of the rails in the manner above described. 1

It has been found by actual experience that the sharpened lower edges at the forward ends of the tangs may be best obtained by stamping or punching the tangs cold from the plates which are of considerable thickness, the punching being done in a bottomless die, the lower end of the punch being so constructed that it engages the plate before the portion of the punch which cuts the end of the tang from the plate, the cen-' ter of the tang being thus punched out be fore the end of the tang is cut, thus producing a sharpened lower edge at the free end of the tang,

I claim 1. Adevice of the character described including a pair of tie plates provided with rectangular rail. engaging tangs stamped from diagonally opposite corner portions thereof, said tangs being provided with sharpened edges arranged to bite into the menace base flange of the rail and a tie bar connecting said plates.

2. A device of the character described including a pair of tie plates provided with rectangular rail engaging tangs stamped from diagonally opposite corner portions thereof, said tangs being provided with sharpened edges arranged to bite into the base flange of the rail and a tie bar connecting said plates, and provided with angular portions to engage the base flanges of the rails, a bolt located through each tie plate and through the tie bar and means upon the bolt for drawing the tie bar and the tie plate tightly together to clamp the base flange of the rail there between.

8. A railway tie plate provided with rectangular rail engaging tangs stamped from diagonally opposite corner portions thereof and having apertures near opposite edges for the reception of spikes or the like the free ends of said tangs being provided with sharpened edges to bite into the base flange of the rail.

l. A railway tie plate provided with rectangular rail engaging tangs stamped from diagonally opposite corner portions thereof and having diagonally opposed pairs of apertures upon opposite sides thereof for the reception of spikes or the like, the free ends of said tangs being provided with sharpened edges to bite into the base flange of the rail.

A railway tie plate comprising a rectangular metal plate having integral, rectangular rail engaging tangs stamped from diagonally opposite corner portions thereof, the free ends of the tangs being provided with sharpened edges and provided with apertures opposite ends for the reception of spikes or the like. said tie plate being adapted to be placed diagonally beneath the base flange of a rail and driven into position thereon the sharpened edges of the tangs being arranged to bite into the base flange of the rail to prevent creeping of the rail when the tie plate is attached to a tie.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ELMER E. FOX. 

